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7.SARAH JANE3 LAKE (JAMES2, ELISHA1) was born March 09, 1856 in Wedowee (Randolph County), Alabama, and died December 22, 1922 in Algona, King Co., Washington.She married JOHN CARTER WILEY MCKEE December 25, 1873 in Wolf Creek Town, Polk County, Wisconsin, son of MILTON MCKEE and MARY WALLS.He was born July 04, 1851 in Randolph County, Alabama, and died January 06, 1933 in Jovita Heights, King Co., Washington. Notes for SARAH JANE LAKE:Year of birth may be 1855, not 1856, conflicting reports. May have died 12/20/1922 in Algona, Washington. May have been born February 29, 1856 in Wedowee, Alabama. Another report shows she was born March 9, 1855. Ida Graham sent me an old obituary for Sarah McKee which read: "Mrs. Sarah L. McKee succumbing to an illness of three years duration, during which time she was bedfast, Mrs. Sarah Lake McKee passed away at the home of her son, P.A. McKee, at Algona, at 6:20 Wednesday morning, Dec. 20, 1922. Miss Sarah Lake was born in Randolph County, Alabama, on March 9, 1856, and was married to J.W. McKee, December 25, 1873 in Wisconsin.Mr. and Mrs. McKee came to Washington 28 years ago and lived in various parts of the state, moving to Algona seven years ago.Three years ago Mrs. McKee suffered an attack of influenza from the effects of which she never recovered. During her long illness, she never complained, was always cheerfully, and bore her trials patiently.She attended the Methodist Church before her illness.Mrs. McKee was the mother of 11 children, two of whom died in infancy.She left to mourn her loss her husband, J.W. McKee, and nine children; P.A. McKee of Algona, Mrs. Walter Leach of Mabton, Mrs. Ettie Overton of Woodridge, Manitoba, Canada, Mrs. Roy Bickle of Algona, Mrs. C.M. Phillips of Mabton, Washington, Henry McKee of Walton, Oregon, Mrs. Roy Corbett of Palmer, Nebraska, Leonard McKee of Portland, Oregon, and James Milton McKee of Auburn.She left also 31 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Friday at 2pm at the G.W. Scott chapel, with Rev. Harlan R. Stone officiating.Burial took place in Mountain View cemetery." Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Auburn, Washington. LDS family index number INB3 36L Notes for JOHN CARTER WILEY MCKEE:May have died in Jovita Heights, Washington. Buried in Mt. View Cemetery, Auburn, Washington. LDS family index number INB3 35D.Source 502941518. 1900 Prescott Pct. Walla Walla Co., WA census sheet 5. Obituary from Auburn Globe, WA.Fri. 13 Jan 1933, page 5. 1880 Polk Co., WICensus, Laketown Prec. Page 13, line 24. 1920 King Co., WA census, Algona Prec. sheet 5 line 58. The Auburn Globe - Republican, Friday, January 13, 1933 Page 5: McKee - John Wiley McKee, 81, died at his home at Jovita Heights Friday, Jan. 6, after an illness of two days.Funeral services was held Tuesday afternoon at 2:o'clock from Lemar's Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Jack Nelson of Seattle conducting the service.Burial was made in Mountain View Cemetary. He is survived by four sons; James, Seattle; Henry, Keating, OR; Leonard, Portland, OR; and P.A. McKee, route 3, Auburn.Mr. McKee was born in Georgia in July 1851.He had been a resident of the Jovita Heights district for several years. More About JOHN CARTER WILEY MCKEE:Fact 1: Married Sarah Lake at Wolf Creek Town, Polk County, WI, by Dr. Samuel Deneau.Fact 2: "JCW" stands for John Carter WileyFact 3: Nickname "JCW" Marriage Notes for SARAH LAKE and JOHN MCKEE:Might have been married in 1872. Children of SARAH LAKE and JOHN MCKEE are:

Notes for LEONARD CARTER MCKEE, SR.:Moved with family from Wisconsin to Auburn, Washington in 1896 (I was told) and he was three years old. Grantsburg, Wi is in Burnett County. Was enlisted in the U.S. Army during WWI

Marriage Notes for LEONARD MCKEE and JULIA RUPP:Married at Congregational Church by Rev. Maples, The Dalles, Oregon, November 14, 1916, Divorced at Portland, Oregon February 5, 1933.